Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Numerous colossal statues ... To the ancient Egyptians, pharaohs were gods. What could this one have done to warrant such blasphemy? In the opinion of Winlock ...

And he ushered in an entirely new style of art, with figures—including ... Paramessu assumed the throne as Rameses ("Ra [the sun god] Has Fashioned Him"). Pharaohs of the day took five different ...